Freckled Rockfish

Sebastes lentiginosus

Body color: Pinkish, densely freckled w/ dark green on back; 4 to 5 pale blotches on back; dark streaks on caudal fin.

Peritoneum color: dark     Shape between eyes: concave

Counts: D:XIII,12-13, Ar:6-7, P1:16-18, GR:34-39, LLp:33-41, LLs:?-?, V:26

Occurence: Southern California - Baja California

Depth: 168 meters     Size: 23 cm     Species code: 30295

Similar species: Greenspotted RF - knobs on upper jaw absent; gillrakers typically 31-34 (34-39 in Freckled RF) Rosethorn RF - knobs on upper jaw absent; faint green mottling on back (dense in Freckled RF); gillrakers 28-33 (34-39 in Freckled RF); pectoral rays typically 16 (typically 17 in Freckled RF); dorsal rays typically 13 (typically 12 in Freckled RF). Rosy RF - knobs on upper jaw absent; body red, mottled w/ purple (dense green in Freckled RF); gillrakers 29-34 (34-39 in Freckled RF). Pink RF and Greenblotched RF - knobs on upper jaw absent; vague green streaks and blotches on back (dense in Freckled RF); gillrakers 26-31 (34-39 in Freckled RF). Pinkrose RF - knobs on upper jaw absent; body uniform red (dense green freckling in Freckled RF); gillrakers 28-33 (34-39 in Freckled RF); dorsal rays typically 13 (typically 12 in Freckled RF). Honeycomb RF - knobs on upper jaw absent; scales w/ darkly pigmented margins.

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